4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you very much, Chair. I will be making my contribution in Welsh in regard to this petition. This is the second time that we've considered this important petition, and since our previous consideration, the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill has…
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Just on record, I also like animals. [Laughter.]
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
I could give you a cynical answer. Something similar was seen with regard to assaults on shop workers. That was already included as a criminal offence, but it was good media—good press—at a time when, maybe, the Government was seeking some more positive news.
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Sorry, Chair, can I take a contrary view to that? I'm not a fan of legislation like this. As Vaughan Gething has already indicated, it is already a criminal offence with a maximum sentence of seven years under the Theft Act. Under the Pet Abduction Act 2024…
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes. Thanks, Cadeirydd. I think most of us here would have personal experience of miscarriage or family experience of miscarriage. Unfortunately, in the last two years, my twin brother lost his baby boy, Steffan, after being born, at a couple of hours' age…
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
And Vaughan, of course, as part of the response.
4 November 2024 , Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Maybe a contrary view about keeping it open, because this is very specific. I was surprised to learn that they were owned by the Crown Estate. It would be an easy first step for these to be transferred from the Crown Estate. Vaughan was talking about Harlech…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Petitions Committee Report, 'A cashless society? P-06-1335: Welsh Government should take steps to ensure vulnerable adults without bank cards can pay with cash'
Thank you to Carolyn Thomas, the Chair, for opening the debate and to Jack Sargeant who was the Chair for the majority of the period that we took evidence on this issue. And the evidence was very powerful from people living with disabilities and owners of…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
I will be voting in favour today—just. I do have major concerns. I believe that it's an important debate for us to have, and I thank you, Julie Morgan, for bringing forward this important debate. For me, it's mercy that wins the day, but the dangers are also…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
I don't think the use of the words 'state-sanctioned killing' helps anybody, as some have described it as such. Of course, some here who described it as state-sanctioned killing can justify the state-sanctioned killing of others, including innocent people…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
I have very mixed feelings regarding this very complex matter. Truth be told, who am I to have a say? I don't have a terminal diagnosis. I don't live every day in appalling pain and I'm not dependent on others for my care. On one hand, medicine ensures that…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Twenty years ago, a group of us, led and inspired by Rob Nicholls, assembled in the vestry of Tabernacl chapel in Cardiff to form Côr Meibion Taf. Since then, the choir has been victorious at the National Eisteddfod, local eisteddfods, and in several music…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you, Minister. According to the recent Veterans' Commissioner for Wales's report, Veterans' NHS Wales spends around £1,600 per veteran seeking mental health services; in England, the figure is over double that at £3,400. There, veterans receive support…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
6. What is the Welsh Government doing to ensure that armed forces veterans living in Wales receive the healthcare they need? OQ61744
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: The Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Thank you for the statement, Cabinet Secretary. It might be technical, but I genuinely believe it's an important step forward to give parity to Welsh law, to improve Welsh law, and to make Welsh law more accessible. I'll give an admission now: around 15 years…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh language communities
Minister, Cowbridge Road was a sea of red this morning, not because of last night's football game but because schoolchildren were wearing red to go to school to celebrate Diwrnod Shwmae Su'mae. Some parts of Cardiff now have a greater proportion of Welsh…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you, Minister. I like the three Cs, and I'm sure that this was entirely intentional, but the three Cs work in Welsh too: cydlafurio, cydweithio and cymuned. But could I be so bold as—? I agree with Heledd Fychan, there is another C missing. On Diwrnod…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
As Delyth Jewell reminded us, history is important. It was one of Cardiff's busy docks that was on this site—a dock that was opened to take the coal that went to all four corners of the globe. The historian Dr John Davies told me that the waste from the…
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Very similar response. Again, I encourage the petitioner here to get involved with the work of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, perhaps respond to what the Welsh Government has said, but, again, thank her for raising this important matter…
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you very much, Cadeirydd. It's heartening to see the amount of work that is going into this very important area, which needs to be considered properly, and a significant amount of work including stakeholders. By the end of this Senedd term, the…
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr, Gadeirydd. Of course, the junior department has closed. We've heard a lot recently about the cuts in arts and culture; I'm sure we'll hear even more whilst the draft budget is scrutinised later on in this autumn. We had, I…
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Cadeirydd. We probably all remember why this has come about. This is the second time we've considered this. On the last occasion, the committee wrote to the Llywydd, to seek clarity on what the position was. The Llywydd has very helpfully come back…
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
It's good that this committee has helped Peter with his holiday plans for next year. [Laughter.]
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
A caravanner—did you know this?
14 October 2024 , Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd. This is the seventh time we've considered this petition including, on one occasion, we held an evidence session with regard to this. It's clear that there are some serious gaps in provision across Wales, which particularly hits rural Wales…
